Poverty in Global Perspective: Is Shame a Common Denominator?

From:: Department for International Development
Published: 1 January 2013

Document Type:: Journal Article
Theme:: Social Change
Authors:: Walker, R.

Abstract

Focussing on the psychosocial dimensions of poverty, the contention that shame lies at the ‘irreducible absolutist core’ of the idea of poverty is examined through qualitative research with adults and children experiencing poverty in diverse settings in seven countries: rural Uganda and India; urban China; Pakistan; South Korea and United Kingdom; and small town and urban Norway.

Citation

Walker, R. Poverty in Global Perspective: Is Shame a Common Denominator? Journal of Social Policy (2013) 42 (2) 215-233.